Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband, Israeli MK Hilik Bar, Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander, Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub and LFI Chair Anne McGuire addressed the 2013 LFI Annual Reception; and, with BICOM, we held a panel debate how the left can best support a two state solution
Addressing the LFI Annual Reception at Labour Party…
At this year’s Labour Party Conference in Brighton we are delighted to be hosting special Israeli guest Labor party Member of the Knesset Hilik Bar. Hilik is Secretary General of the Israeli Labor Party, Deputy Speaker the Knesset (Israeli parliament), and leads the Israeli all party group for a two state solution.
Photo: לואיז גרין, CC BY-SA…
Shadow Chancellor Rt Hon Ed Balls MP visited Israel and the Palestinian territories this week with Labour Friends of Israel, and called for the economic partnership between Britain and Israel to be celebrated, and for Israelis and Palestinians to develop closer business links with each other.
Ed Balls and Bashar Masri at Rawabi
Describing the visit…
Shadow Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP addressed the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch on Tuesday (2 July) and asserted that Israel’s existence should be celebrated as a progressive cause. He denounced the boycott movement as an obstacle to a peaceful two state solution, and said that we should be seeking stronger ties…
Delegates at Sderot police station, where rockets fired at Sderot from Gaza are stored
Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis MP led, last week, a delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Ivan Lewis was joined by Derek Twigg MP and LFI Vice Chair and International Development Committee member Michael McCann MP on the visit. The…
UK-Israel-Palestine and the new age of the city
By Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP, 30-Jan-2013, Fathom Journal
We are entering a new urban age, so let’s build world class partnerships between the great hubs of British, Israeli and Palestinian life.
Over 100 people gathered in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening to participate in the joint Labour Friends of Israel and We Believe in Israel debate on: How can we best promote renewed negotiations and a two state solution?
The panellists, led by Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy, called for renewed negotiations; passionately argued that…
We Must Not Let Frustration Over the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Stop Us Making the Case for a Negotiated Two State Solution
by John Woodcock MP
Jonathan Freedland's thoughtful piece on 23 November succinctly evokes the fatigue that has sapped so much energy from efforts to secure peace in the Middle East.
Labour front benchers head to Israel and the Palestinian territories on hi-tech fact-finding mission
Labour front benchers head to Israel and the Palestinian territories on hi-tech fact-finding mission
Shadow Secretaries of State for Work & Pensions and Business & Innovation, Liam Byrne and Chuka Umunna, led this week a Labour delegation to Israel and the Palestinian territories, to learn from Israel’s hi-tech success, and to call for deeper economic relations…
Addressing a packed room of over 500 guests at the LFI Annual Reception on 2 October, Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband told the Labour Party Conference of his admiration for Israel and Britain’s Jewish community. Continuing his theme from his keynote conference speech, he spoke about his faith, of wanting to make a positive difference…
